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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Where there are difficulties around transport needs to and from school, and where the hotel might be closer to the school, Leap cards and means are provided to make sure the family can do that. I am not convinced, however, that families' overall needs would be better met in a hotel given the different supports we can give to them around all these things. Unfortunately, there are families...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Is this the site the local authority approved using a master plan relating to density and mixed use? I am trying to get a better understanding of this because I am getting complaints from colleagues where the Department has intervened in local authority area plans because it was not happy with the density. There has been a huge kick back locally regarding what is being done. Is this a case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I am examining where the Department has intervened with local authorities to change their plans and what the result of that has been, and where we might need to intervene in the future. I have to have respect for local authorities and their powers. I do not want to overrule councillors but if there is a case where a set of extreme powers that is normally invoked needs to be invoked to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Senator. He also raised St. Laurence's Park. My understanding is the local authority has confirmed that it is advancing plans to redevelop the entire site. The council owns the site and it is beside a commercial site in Stillorgan. Local authorities were invited to submit proposals earlier in the year on their voids programme, and as part of that process, there are plans now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Is it the case that if the site could be redeveloped, there could be a higher number of people and families located on the site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Is it the case that there is quite a low density on the site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: If the synergy is not possible with the commercial site next door and we just looked at the local authority site in this regard, is there the possibility of much higher density than just 14 units?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I take the point but if we moved to just accommodate 12 additional people in the next six months versus doing something in 18 months to accommodate three times that amount-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I did not understand the Deputy's final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Ó Broin asked about the homeless figures. I discussed this with the local authorities last week. I have not seen the figures yet myself. I want to make sure that when we release the figures they are the right figures and we will release them, if not tomorrow then the day after. We will not wait until Friday evening as I think we need to know what these figures are. As to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of the issues raised by Deputy Cowen are matters for the Department of Finance and would need to be negotiated with them. Some are budgetary issues that might have to wait until the budget. I have begun informal discussions with the Minister and will formalise these in the coming week. I am afraid I cannot answer most of the Deputy's questions. He asked about credit unions, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not have that figure to hand but I do know that the veto has been removed. If I can return to the issues Deputy Cowen mentions in terms of what I can announce prior to the budget then I will. Deputy Boyd Barrett talked about the social mix being inconsistent. The provision of 10% is the minimum for social housing. As I mentioned in my earlier statement, we are using other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is saying then that the solution is for councils to have their own construction companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: That is if we are speaking about a pure local authority site. Different sites will require different solutions. Senator Murnane O'Connor asked about the local authority list and looking at the discrepancies in the 30 versus 27. Inconsistencies between local authorities need to be looked at. I want to make sure if there is an inconsistency that it is justifiable. Perhaps there does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Certain local authorities have been very successful in using the CPO powers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There is a piece of work on my desk that I have looked at in this regard. Certain local authorities do this very well. The actual delivery is not just about what a CPO is actually used for, it is when a call or notice of intent is put out to the owner of the property, once his or her identity is established, that the property will be subject to a CPO. Most of the resolutions in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Absolutely, but what I would say is once the clock is set running by telling a property owner the CPO process is being embarked on, resolution comes through other channels that do not need to go through the full timeline and eventual CPO.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There are no specific planning guidelines in place in respect of solar farms. Proposals for individual solar farm developments are subject to the statutory requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in the same manner as other proposed developments. Planning applications are made to the relevant local planning authority with a right of appeal to An Bord Pleanála....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 586 and 587 together. My predecessor as Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, in conjunction with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment recently announced a "preferred draft approach" to the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. A copy of the announcement is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Refunds (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 588 and 620 together. The report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services was published on 12 April 2017 and approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. The Committee recommended that in respect of the most cost efficient mechanism of adhering to the principle of equity of treatment for those who have paid and have...